Grace Ji-Sun Kim obtained her M.Div. from Knox College (University of Toronto) and her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. She is Associate Professor of Theology at Earlham School of Religion.
She is the author or editor of 16 books most recently, Intersectional Theology (Fortress Press) co-written with Susan Shaw, Healing Our Broken Humanity (IVP) co-written with Graham Hill, Embracing the Other(Eerdmans); Contemplations from the Heart; Colonialism, Han, and the Transformative Spirit (Palgrave); The Holy Spirit, Chi and the Other (Palgrave Macmillan); and The Grace of Sophia (Pilgrim Press).
She has also written over sixty journal articles, book reviews and book chapters. She is also co-editor with Joseph Cheah, Asian Christianity in Diaspora, Palgrave Macmillan Book Series.
Kim is serving on the Board of Directors for American Academy of Religion’s (AAR). She has also served on AAR's “Research Grants Jury Committee", co-chair of AAR’s steering committee, “Women of Color Scholarship, Teaching and Activism Consultation” and steering committee of AAR’s “Religion and Migration Group”. She sits on the editorial board for the Journal for Religion and Popular Culture and is a referee for three journals: Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion, Journal of Religion and Popular Culture and The Global Studies Journal.
She blogs regularly for The Huffington Post. You can find more of her blogs on http://gracejisunkim.wordpress.com/.
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